Grabbing the headlines will be two songs: Peace Dream and Walk With You, which find Ringo and Paul back together again.

The former is Ringo’s ‘Imagine’, a plea for peace that not only namechecks John Lennon but boasts George Harrison-style guitar, too.

The latter is a delightful duet with Macca, on which the two Beatle bandmates sing about life-long friendship and companionship.

“Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house just to play bass,” says Ringo. “He said: ‘Give me the headphones.’.

“And he went to the mike and just invented a part where he follows on my vocal.

“That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing better. It makes the song like a conversation between us.

“It was Paul’s idea to do his part one beat behind me. That’s why he’s a genius and an incredible bass player.”

Elsewhere, The Other Side Of Liverpool recalls how The Beatles rescued Ringo from a dark, violent neighbourhood, Fill In The Blanks rocks like Come Together, and a sitar pops up on the title track.

It’s also the first time Ringo has handled production duties.

“I was the least involved in the production of the Beatle records,” he says. “But I’ll be doing all my own in future. I was searching for a producer, looked in the mirror and I was looking real groovy that day.”

Son Zak Starkey, who’s drummed for Oasis and The Who, agrees.

“He says it rocks, and I should have been doing this forever,” says Ringo. “Why not?” PC